Conveyer.



J. PRIEL. GONVBYER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5l, 1913.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. FRIEL, OF ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MATHEWS GRA'VTY CARRIER. COMPANY, OF ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION.

CONVEYER.

nlpplication led November 5, 1 913'. Serial No. 799,805.

T0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN J. Farsi., a citizen of the United States, resident of Ellwood City, county of Lawrence, State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to conveyers or corriers for transporting articles, such as bottles, in an upright position from place to place.

In delivering bottles from a cross conveyer to the ina-in conveyer, great ditliculty has been experienced in keeping the bottles upright. lf one bottle tips, it obviously interrupts the whole line and necessitates the attention of the operator to place the bottles which may topple over in an upright position.

The object, therefore, of kmy invention is to provide means for maintaining the bottles in an upright stable position as they are delivered from one belt to another.

The invention consists generally in the invention, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view,

.14 are showing a bottle in the act of passing from the conveyer belt upon the deflector plate, Fig. 6 is a similar view, showingthe bottle seated on the delector plate in position to 'be discharged therefrom by contact with the succeeding bottle.

In the drawing, 2 represents a suitable frame and 3 a portion of the main conveyor belt operating over a suitable ulley 4.

6 is an idle friction pulley having a shaft 7 that is geared at 8 to a drive shaft 9 operated from a suitable source of power.

l() and 11 represent cross conveyors having frames 12 and pulleys 13 mounted on the drive shaft 9 and operating simultaneously with the main conveyer belt. IGruides provided for directing the articles coming 1n over the cross eonveyers upon the l main conveyer on each side of the longitudinal center thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. In

the interval or gap between the edge of the main conveyer and the point where the cross conveyers pass out-of engagement with the articles thereon, a delector plate 15 is provided, the bottles or other articlesbeing'fed by the cross conveyers uponthe delector plate and each bottle being pushed ahead 'of the succeeding bottle over this deector plate upon the main conveyer. It has been found, however, thaty there is a tendencyl for the bottles totopple over` while'sliding over the deiiector plate, due probably to the fact that I y the contact of the base of'the bottle with the stationary plate tends to arrest orv check the bottle, while the momentum of the upper portion of the bottle carries it forward until the force .of gravity retaining the bottle Yin its upright position is overcome. To obviate v this objection and avoid the expense of haw.

ing an operator .watch thev delivery 0f; the

bottles, and the loss of time incidental to the stoppage of the carrier, Iv provide `a recess 16, preferably V-shaped, in the outer-edge of the plate and at'the apex of this recesssi( press up or otherwise form a. hump or pro'- jection 17 having a rounded surface-orar which the bottles will slide easily. This hump is made to correspond substantially with the recess usually found in the bottom of a bottle, particularly beer bottles and the like, and when the bottle has passed ontol the plate and before itis out ofengagement with the cross conveyer, its forward portion will be raised, tilting the bottle backwardly and checking its momentum. This hump is not suitciently high to cause the bottle tof` topple backward, but is just high enough to` counteract the momentum ofthe vbottle' and. prevent it from wabbling or toppling wheny discharged from the cross conveyer.v Asthe vnext bottle comes along. it' will contact with the forward one `seated on the hump` and push it forward overthe'plate until finally it is discharged upon the main conveyer between the guides 14. When the first bottle is displaced by the succeedingone on the hump, the main belt will dra-wthe first bot-fj:

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' I have illi'istr'atefd two cross eonve'yers deliveringtb the main convey-er, but it will be understood thatthere may be any number of these'glthe main conveyer, of course, being of proper width to accommodate the bottles in rows as they are discharged from the Icross conveyer'. The guides extending 4from tiiegmain conveyer` operate to arrange the bottles in rows which will move along independently 'of one another to their destination. I f

the'eperation ofthe device, the iirst bottle will be displaced from the hump by the succeeding one, each bottle moving the nent preceding oneand displacing it and eedingit forward on the plate to be engaged'by the main conveyer.

ln various ways the details of construction herein shown Aand described may be modified and stil-lise within tlie scope of my invention. f

I claim :si my invention 1. The combination, witha main 'conveyer and a cross cdnveyer for delivering articles to said main conveyer, of a defe'ctor or 'guid- Ming device arranged-to bridge the -gap between said conveyers, and means for tilting ,b ackwardly the articles passing upon said bridging means and overcoming the meinem tiim thereof.- f

` 2. The combination, with a main conveyer, of 4 a cross conveye, a deector plate arranged to bridge the 'gap between said conveyers and over which plate the articles are pushed7 those in front being fed forward by contact of the articles in the rear, said plate having means for Vtiltingeaoli article back- 'movin thereover, for the purpose specilied.A

4. T e combination, with amain conveyer belt, of a cross conveyer arranged to deliver bottles in an upright position' to said main conveyer, a bridging means interposed between said conveyer, said bridging means having a V-shaped recess in its edge adjacent to said .cross conveyer, and -a hump formed thereon contiguous to the apex of said recess and over which hump the bottles are fed by saidcross conveyer.

5. The combination, with a' main conveyer, of cross conveyers, means bridging the gap between said main conveyer and cross conveyers andover which bridging means the articles are fed from said cross conveyers to said main conv'eyer, and' curved guides overhanging said mam conveyer and arranged' to guide the articles in distinct rows upon said main conveyer arallel, substantially, with the edges thereoi).

In Witness whereof, I have Vhereunto set my hand 'this 22nd day of October, 1913.

, JOHN J.r F'RiEL.

" Witnesses:

Jos..W. HUMP'HREY. H. J. BUCK. 

